Hay-elevator track



(No Model.)

V. L. & J. NEY.

HAY ELEVATOR TRACK.

No. 395,714. Patented Jan. 8, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEicE.

VOLENTINE L. NEY AND JACOB NEY, OF CANTON, OHIO.

HAY-ELEVATOR TRAC K.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,714, dated January 8, 1889.

Application filed May 23, 1883. Serial No. 274,844. (No model.)

To all whom it 17mg concern:

Be it known that we, VOLENTINE L. NEY and JACOB NEY, citizens of the United States, residing at Canton, in. the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay-Elevator Tracks; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, in which Figure l is a top view showing the different parts of the track placed in proper posi tion. Fig. 2 is a side view showing a hayelevator carriage located thereon. Fig. 3 a detached view of one of the securing-blocks and its key or wedge. Fig. at is a transvere section of the track and longitudinal section of the securing-block, showing the traveling wheels located on the track. Fig. 5 is a detachcd view ol. a supporting-hook.

The present invention has relation to hayelevator tracks; and its nature consists in the different parts and combination of parts hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the draw ings.

in the accompanying drawings, A represents the rails of the track. proper, which are located substantially as illustrated in Figs. 1 and it. These rails are cut or formed of any desired length, and, as shown, they consistof the vertical and rounded portions, said portions being formed the proper size, so as to give the track proper the desired amount of strength.

It will be understood that the rounded portions of the rails A are for the purpose of providing a traveling surface for the traveling wheels of a hay-elevator carriage.

The rails A are placed parallel, as illustrated in Fig. 1, and are held the proper distance apart by means of the securing-blocks B. For the purpose of suspending the track proper, a sufficient number of the securingblocks B are provided with the extension or arm a, which is provided with the aperture a, to receive the hooks b or their equivalent.

In case it is desired to provide asecuringblock at a point where it not necessary to support or hold the track, or at a point where it is desired to form a joint, the eX- tension or arm a may be dispensed with, as illustrated in Fig. 1. It will be understood that joints can be formed at places where the securing-block having the extension or arm a is located equally as well as without said extension or arm] The securing'blocks B are provided with the grooves or notches b, which are for the purpose of receiving and holding the vertical portion of the rails A, as illustrated in the drawings. At places where it is desired to form a joint the meeting ends of the rails A are placed in one of the grooves or notches b, and the securingblock so adjusted that it will embrace one end of each of the meeting rails. It will be understood that but one of the rails A should be jointed ata single place in the track proper, so as not to weaken the track. The securing-blocks B are provided with the openings 0, which are for the pur pose of receiving the key or wedge D, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 4. The key or wedge D is for the purpose of expanding the securing-block B, thereby securely holding the rails A in the grooves or notches b.

The securing-blocks B should be formed of malleable iron or like material, so that they will not break as they are expanded by the key or wedge D. The securing-blocks B are provided with the ribs 6, which are located substantially as illustrated in the drawings, and are for the purpose of assisting in holding the rails A in proper position.

It will be seen that a track constructed as above described can be formed without drilling the rails, and at the same time a strong track can be produced without any riveting.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The securing-blocks B, provided with the grooves or notches b, the ribs 6, and the openings O, the key or Wedge l3, and the rails A, In testimony that we claim the above we substantially as and for the purpose speoihave hereunto subscribed our names in the '10 fiecl. presence of two witnesses.

2. The securing-blocks B, provided with the VOL'ENTINE L. NEY. 5 openings 0 and the grooves or notches b, the JACOB NEY.

key or Wedge D, the rails A, and means for Witnesses: suspending the rails, si'ihstztntizilly as and for F. \V. BOND, the purpose specified. -E. G. LANE. 

